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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Two Brothers Drowned

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: Two brothers, Stanislaus Leslie Bilsen (15) and Ronald Francis Bilsen (9), were drowned in Burpengary…

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Girl Drowned at South Grafton

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 1

GRAFTON, Thursday:-- Yvonne Perkins (7). daughter of Mrs [?] Perkins, of North Street. South Grafton, was drowned to-day when…

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Child Drowned at South Grafton

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 5

GRAFTON, Thursday.—Yvonne Perkins, aged 7, daughter of Mrs. Ivy Perkins, of North-street, South Grafton, was drowned this…

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Casino Inquest Accidental Death Verdict

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—That May Jane Roberts died on December 27, 1942, at Greenridge, from injuries accidentally received when leaving…

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16 Injured in Train Crash

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The city's worst railway accident for 10 years occurred this morning when 16 peonle were injured in an electric…

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Trains Collide in Victoria; 16 Injured

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 January 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: When a goods train and a passenger train collide near South Kensington last night 16 passengers were…

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One Killed, 5 Injured in Rail Collision

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: One man was killed and five injured when a relief diesel van crashed into the rear of a goods train…

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Soldiers Drowned on Manoeuvres River Ford Flooded

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 4

GLEN INNES, Sunday.—Three soldiers, all Queenslanders, Lance-Opl. Morris Hoare Barlow, single; Pte. Ed. Woolgar. single; and Pte…

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Ambulance Waggon in Accident

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—Proceeding to Tabulam to transport a medical case, a Casino Ambulance car. driven by Ambulance Officer…

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Drowned in Lagoon

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 4

Francis Thomas Moxham, 9, of Harbord, was drowned in a lagoon near Manly to-day…

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Boy Drowned in 3 Feet of Water

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—While playing with two boys in the pumping hole of Brickworks Ltd., at Alexandria this afternoon. Robert…

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Injured in Fall Off Bicycle

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Friday—G. Cummings, an employee at the Meat Works, severely lacerated the index finger of his right hand on a nail at the…

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Verdict for Corten After Head-on Collision

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday: A gash on the left eyebrow as a result of a head-on collision in the third round forced Bill Hibberd, NSW…

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Man Injured in Fall From Cart

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—When he fell from a Cart to the roadway at North Casino to-day Cliff Carter, a farmer, suffered injuries to his head,…

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Boy Injured In Fall From Pony

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 4

Falling with a pony he was riding, yesterday, Aubrey John Stratford (13), son of Mr. Edward Stratford, a dairy farmer, of…

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Tick Inquiry Adjourns To Sydney Injured Calf in Court

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 4

GRAFTON, Friday.—The insistent bleating of a calf interrupted the sitting of the Tick Inquiry Board at Grafton this afternoon and inquiry revealed it had been brought to the court as an exhibit by…

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Financier's Story Of Medical Test Accident Injuries

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—An allegation that Allied Works Council doctors had declared him fit for heavy work in spite of injuries in a car accident, for which he had been awarded almost £3000 damages, was…

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Diving Accident at Brunswick Heads

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 4

Mr. Inglis Wotherspoon, a son of Mr. Barclay Wotherspoon, of Conway-street, Lismore, sustained a fractured leg when he dived from…

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Pilot Killed in Air Collision

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Leading Aircraftman John Thomas McCarthy, of Cowra, N.S.W., a trainee pilot, was killed when two planes…

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Injured By Rifle Bullet

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—While assisting to insert a bullet in a.22 rifle at Namoona this afternoon, Richard Whittaker (18), slaughterman, of…

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